January 19, 2006

Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer regaled the faithful at the Microsoft Office Project and Visio conferences with the new features coming in Microsoft Office Project 12 and Visio 12. The full list is in the press release. Project 12 and Visio 12 will ship with Office 12 in 2H2006.

Also announced was the completion of the acquisition of project and portfolio management firm, UMT, that was announced in December.